ok i want to see everyones top 5 pics to win the classic .... heres mine ...

IKE

Ben Matsubu

Greg Hackney

Boyd Duckets

Derik Remits

sorry burly my spelling may suck ( with the names and all )

but lets hear your pics ..... ;D

KVD

Edwin Evers

Greg Hackney

Skeet Reese

IKE

Matt

Boyd Duckett- seemed pretty confident when i talked to him sat. at bass pro

KVD

Ike

Hackney

Im only gonna give 4.

I'm only giving one:

Aaron Martens

Id say: Gerald Swindle

           KVD

           Ike

           Rick Clunn

           Skeet Reese

Boyd Duckett- seemed pretty confident when i talked to him sat. at bass pro

Namedropper : ;D

I'm going with KVD

Derek Remitz, Casey Ashley, Mike McClelland, Aaron Martens, and KVD of course.

Casey Ashley

Mike McClelland

Aaron Martens...because he's my favorite angler.

If the fish are really relating to the ditches, McClelland or Martens will win.

If the fish are on a deep blue back bite, Ashley will take it.

If the fish are on a deep blue back bite, Ashley will take it.

You forgot Davy Hite who won it focusing on the herring a couple years ago at Clarks Hill.

KVD

Skeet Reese

Timmy Horton

Ish Monroe

Greg Hackney

Falcon

Gerald Swindle

Skeet Reese

KVD

Ish

Ike

Boyd Duckett- seemed pretty confident when i talked to him sat. at bass pro

Namedropper : ;D

I'm going with KVD

I dont know what you are talking about. All I'm saying is I didnt talk as much to ike and ish about the classic, we talked about other stuff.  :

Ike

Horton

Peter T

Remitz

KVD gotta through the Michigan guy in

If the fish are on a deep blue back bite, Ashley will take it.

You forgot Davy Hite who won it focusing on the herring a couple years ago at Clarks Hill.

But Hite was also fishing an entirely different pattern.  Hite's bluebacks were spawning on a hump in relatively shallow water.  That's why his topwater and swimbait were so succesful.  When that bite slowed, he dragged a jig.  If the deep blueback bite is on, I believe it will be bluebacks that are out on mainlake points suspended over deep water.  This is when Casey Ashley will be at his best IF those bluebacks are deep.  

I talked with Randall today and he said a friend of his said the pros are finding fish WAY back in shallow water.  So my prediction of the deep bite could be absolutely wrong.  I think 23lbs has the lead after day 1.

I would love to see these in the top five but of course, the odds are 50 to one for each and 250 to one for all five.

Mike Iaconelli

Kevin VanDam

Greg Hackney

Aaron Martens

Gerald Swindle

But there are so many great guys fishing this year.

Boyd Duckett

Jamie Laiche

Ish Monroe

Takahiro Omori

Skeet Reese

Derek Remitz

Frem Roumbanis

Terry Scroggins

Kevin Wirth

Mike Wurm

Alton Jones

ommy Biffle

Todd Auten

and the list goes one.

Just hope we do not have any DQ's this year and that everyone has a great tournament and no one gets injured.

If the fish are on a deep blue back bite, Ashley will take it.

You forgot Davy Hite who won it focusing on the herring a couple years ago at Clarks Hill.

But Hite was also fishing an entirely different pattern. Hite's bluebacks were spawning on a hump in relatively shallow water. That's why his topwater and swimbait were so succesful. When that bite slowed, he dragged a jig. If the deep blueback bite is on, I believe it will be bluebacks that are out on mainlake points suspended over deep water. This is when Casey Ashley will be at his best IF those bluebacks are deep.

I talked with Randall today and he said a friend of his said the pros are finding fish WAY back in shallow water. So my prediction of the deep bite could be absolutely wrong. I think 23lbs has the lead after day 1.

there will be a deep bite and there will be a shallow bite .... i picked ben matsubu as a dark horse because of the way he worked that c-rig ,,,, i picked hackney because he does well on beds and prespawn ,,,,  there is going to be a crazy jerk bait bite you know KVD will look to exploit that .... casey A is a no brainer pick ,, being the classic is at his house .... i just dont believe he will take it .... not yet .... ;D

I would love to see Gary Klein win one....